for, people who are yes, as the to, saying goes, make america great again. and to live up to the challenges of our job, the challenges that the american people have said, we expect you to go to washington and make tough decisions, not easy decisions, but to do things that are in our best interests, rather than the best interests of a government. well, that's what this experiment's about. this experiment takes place every four years with the election of a presidency, and perhaps every two years with a new congress. mr. speaker, during the first seven years of the obama administration, they had an opportunity, the house, the senate, the presidency, to forge a path, forge a path that they felt like would be best for the american people. perhaps based upon a calling or the things that they heard. what happened is the federal regulations added up to an average of 81 new major regulations per year for a total of 556 regulations, at least 220 of which contained new burdens on individuals and businesses with an annual cost of $108 billion. we see things differently.